Method and device for visually inspecting objects to be tested during the production and/or packaging of cigarettes

摘要

A method and a device for the optical testing of objects during the production and/or packaging of cigarettes, in particular of cigarette packs and/or blanks for cigarette packs and/or overprints and/or print substrates on or for cigarette packs, with the aid of a suitable testing device. For at least one feature characterizing the test object, in particular in a visual respect, a set of feature-value alternatives for the corresponding feature that are stored in a memory is displayed on a display means. By means of an input device, one of the displayed feature values of the set of feature-value alternatives is selected. The testing device is automatically set up or preset for the subsequent testing operations, in particular an evaluating device and/or an illuminating device and/or a suitable light detector of the testing device, the selection of the feature value influencing the setting up of the testing device.

主权项

1. A method for setting up or presetting a testing device for the optical testing of test objects during the production and/or packaging of cigarettes, the method comprising:
a) displaying on a display means of the testing device a set of feature values for at least one visual feature characterizing the test object , the at least one visual feature being selected from the group consisting of physical, surface, and optical features of the test objects, and the set of feature values previously being stored in a data memory; b) selecting at least one of the displayed feature values by means of an input device of the testing device; c) in accordance with the selected at least one of the displayed feature values, using a computer to automatically select at least one test method that is suitable for the test object to be tested from a number of test methods that are stored in the data memory and by which the test objects are to tested with the testing device; d) using the computer to automatically set up or preset at least one testing element of the testing device, the testing element being selected from the group consisting of an evaluating device, an illuminating device, and a suitable light detector, for subsequent testing operations on the test objects, wherein the selection of the at least one of the displayed feature values influences the setting up or presetting of the testing device; and e) testing the test objects with the set-up or preset testing device, wherein the test objects are at least one of a cigarette pack and blank for a cigarette pack.